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“Some of the defendants, acting in concert and with a common purpose, exploited the normal phenomenon of government land purchase by misrepresenting facts to the state about the property and the actual sale price,” Ngwema said.
He said that the true owner of the farm, Petrus Johannes Van Tonder, was paid only R15 million for the farm of the R37.5 million and the money was deposited into the trust account of Singwane Attorneys, in his capacity as the designated transmitter Department.
Van Tonder paid a commission of 1.5 million rand to Pam Golding as estate agents for the transaction and Singwane, not instructed by the department, paid 22.5 million rand to Little River Trading, which, according to Ngwema, allowed the accused stealing money successfully.
In another transaction, Bongiveli entered into a purchase agreement with Fremax Farms for a share of Rietspruit for R 10.5 million.
However, the local Msukaligwa municipality’s valuation of the Rietspruit farm part was 1.6 million rand.
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